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Rhythm
Guitar Lesson 1: Spreading out your fingers (a 7-string
exercise) Ok, you've got a 7-string, right? If not, get one! This example can be played on a 6-string, but really gets it's punch from a heavy low B string. If you've got a baritone 6-string set to low B, this will be effective for you as well. This is an example from an unreleased song of mine. In this, the idea is to get your fingers to spread out across 4 frets at a time and get to playing some fast alternate-picking runs. Make sure to keep a solid palm-mute for most of the passage, only coming off the palm-mute for the hammer-ons & pull-offs. Once you can play the parts cleanly, hopefully this can be a creative springboard for creating your own dynamic rhythm patterns. Not all rhythm guitar is chunking out power chords! :-) The parts can play a little tricky, so I've separated them into two segments. Once you've mastered them both individually, link them together for the full meat of the run.
Here's part two. Keep constant 8th notes through this section and use solid alternate picking. Near the middle of the first line, there's an odd slide as you'll be sliding down a whole step and then completing the pattern on the above string. This illustrates that you don't always have to be moving up the neck to ascend through long patterns.
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